Theoria + Praxis:  Native Hypertext?

Native hypertext is a term coined by hypertext pioneer Stuart Moultrhop of the University of Baltimore. It is, in short, text written exclusively to appear in multi-linear environments. Native hypertext, if printed to paper, is at best difficult to read, and at worst impossible to follow.

The vagaries of creating scholarly text in native hypertext format are spawning entirely new approaches the the traditional questions of rhetorical invention. At least two journals, Kairos  and RhetNet  are dedicated to the publication of native hypertext in the field of rhetoric and writing.

To examine some notable efforts at native hypertext, try visiting:

  • Nancy Kaplan's E-literacies: Politexts, Hypertexts, and Other Cultural Formations in the Late Age of Print
  • Johndan Johnson-Eilola's Stories & Maps: Postmodernism and Professional Communication
  • Diana Slattery's hypertext poetry, Alphaweb

    Native hypertext, perhaps more than any other genre of rhetorical information-exchange, is a fertile inventional ground relying on the mode of timeliness  that this website is discussing.

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